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February 10, 2012
Cat Videos Before YouTube: kittypr0n On Access SF, Part 2
"We should do a public access show about cats!" That's what my girlfriend Katrina said one night in December 2001 as we watched Channel 29, Access San Francisco. I thought it sounded like a great idea, and it still sounded good the next morning when we were sober. This is part two of that story. ( ... More >>
Blogs
January 13, 2012
Music Video Roundup: New Clips From Dominant Legs, Bhi Bhiman, and More
It's a new year, and with a new year comes a new crop of music videos. Less than two weeks into 2012, we already found a bunch from (mostly) local artists that we dig. So instead of posting each one individually, we thought we'd round up our five favorites and serve 'em to you in one big dose. After ... More >>
Blogs
December 30, 2011
The 10 Best Underground Rock Reissues of 2011
With the back catalogs of classic artists seeing rerelease with crucial bonus material, and boutique labels specializing in reissues of obscurities for niche consumers, 2011 was a superb year for reissues. There was such a wealth of substantive reissues that it was necessary to exclude some of the m ... More >>
Blogs
March 25, 2011
Five Useful Ways to Recycle Your Records Without Holding an Art Show
Gallery 28's Vinyl Transformations exhibit (which continues through April 2) features redecorated LPs from local artists like Genea Barnes and Lawrence Ferlinghetti and benefits the North Beach Citizens. But it also begs the question: Is the 12-inch dead? Now that we've stopped playing our records a ... More >>
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December 21, 2010
Coda Jazz Supper Club to Close Jan. 1
It's official folks: Coda Jazz Supper Club at Mission and Duboce is closing for good on Jan. 1, 2011.This sad news follows our report last week that the Triple Crown, a DJ-friendly bar at Market and Octavia, will also shut down operations after its New Year's Eve party.
Music
November 17, 2010
Royal Baths spin some captivating gloom
It's official folks: Coda Jazz Supper Club at Mission and Duboce is closing for good on Jan. 1, 2011.This sad news follows our report last week that the Triple Crown, a DJ-friendly bar at Market and Octavia, will also shut down operations after its New Year's Eve party.
Blogs
March 26, 2010
Smashing Classical Boundaries at Switchboard Music Festival
Zoe KeatingThe Bay Area is at the center of one of the most radical movements in music these days: the joyful destruction of the boundary between so-called "classical" music and "popular" music. The two worlds have been cross-fertilizing for years -- see Lou Reed and John Cale hanging with minima ... More >>
Music
March 10, 2010
SXSW 2010 Showgoers' Guide to Bay Area Acts
Zoe KeatingThe Bay Area is at the center of one of the most radical movements in music these days: the joyful destruction of the boundary between so-called "classical" music and "popular" music. The two worlds have been cross-fertilizing for years -- see Lou Reed and John Cale hanging with minima ... More >>
News
May 13, 2009
SF Weekly Letters
Zoe KeatingThe Bay Area is at the center of one of the most radical movements in music these days: the joyful destruction of the boundary between so-called "classical" music and "popular" music. The two worlds have been cross-fertilizing for years -- see Lou Reed and John Cale hanging with minima ... More >>
Music
May 13, 2009
Wooden Shjips
Dos (Holy Mountain)
Blogs
March 9, 2009
Friday Night: The Third Annual Amoeba Art Show Factory Party
Third Annual Amoeba Art Show Factory Party March 6, 2009 Warehouse Space, 1343 Powell St, Emeryville Review and Photos by Sam Prestianni Better Than: Staying home and watching Joss Whedon's pathetic return to network television. Long before reality TV and YouTube, there was Andy Warhol, the adverti ... More >>
Blogs
February 23, 2009
Saturday Night: Pop Party at the de Young and Sugar Shack at the Paradise Lounge
Hanna QuevedoWarhol Live Pop Party at the de YoungSugar Shack at the Paradise LoungeSaturday, Feb. 22, 2009Better than: A double feature of Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol and Grease.San Francisco is a city that doesn't easily let go of the past. From our flea markets and vintage stores ... More >>
Calendar
January 21, 2009
Dean and Britta’s Screen Test
Hanna QuevedoWarhol Live Pop Party at the de YoungSugar Shack at the Paradise LoungeSaturday, Feb. 22, 2009Better than: A double feature of Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol and Grease.San Francisco is a city that doesn't easily let go of the past. From our flea markets and vintage stores ... More >>
Music
October 15, 2008
2008 Music Awards Nominees
Hanna QuevedoWarhol Live Pop Party at the de YoungSugar Shack at the Paradise LoungeSaturday, Feb. 22, 2009Better than: A double feature of Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol and Grease.San Francisco is a city that doesn't easily let go of the past. From our flea markets and vintage stores ... More >>
Blogs
October 9, 2008
You Need a $500 Swedish Coat
Hanna QuevedoWarhol Live Pop Party at the de YoungSugar Shack at the Paradise LoungeSaturday, Feb. 22, 2009Better than: A double feature of Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol and Grease.San Francisco is a city that doesn't easily let go of the past. From our flea markets and vintage stores ... More >>
Music
July 23, 2008
The War on Drugs
Wagonwheel Blues (Secretly Canadian)
Calendar
May 14, 2008
Loving Nico
Wagonwheel Blues (Secretly Canadian)
Blogs
March 13, 2008
Bon Iver, Yeasayer, Lou Reed no show: Day 1 at SXSW
Wagonwheel Blues (Secretly Canadian)
Music
February 20, 2008
Kronos Quartet and Wu Man
Terry Riley: The Cusp of Magic (Nonesuch)
Music
November 14, 2007
The Warlocks
Heavy Deavy Skull Lover (Tee Pee Records)
Music
October 24, 2007
Almost Gold
The Jesus and Mary Chain: From required records to artificial rip-offs
Music
October 17, 2007
Bang Camaro Makes You Pay for Karaoke Metal
The Jesus and Mary Chain: From required records to artificial rip-offs
Blogs
July 3, 2007
My Revolver, Papercuts, Black Moon -- ASD's Live Music Picks, July 3
The Jesus and Mary Chain: From required records to artificial rip-offs
Blogs
June 13, 2007
Wishing Mary-Kate (and Ashley, I guess) Olsen the Best. The Very Best.
The Jesus and Mary Chain: From required records to artificial rip-offs
Music
February 28, 2007
Clinic
Visitations (Domino)
Music
April 5, 2006
The Television Personalities
My Dark Places
Music
March 22, 2006
Psyched! Helios has some love for sale!
My Dark Places
Music
February 8, 2006
Department of What the Fuck?
They called themselves Venom, and they came to rock
Music
October 5, 2005
Paula Frazer
Leave the Sad Things Behind
Calendar
September 28, 2005
This Week's Day-by-Day Picks
Leave the Sad Things Behind
Music
August 31, 2005
The Wooden Cupboard
Animals Speak the Spirit Tongue
Calendar
May 25, 2005
This Week's Day-by-Day Picks
Animals Speak the Spirit Tongue
Music
February 2, 2005
A Friend Indeed
Luna's last waltz and what it means to be a best-friend band
Music
September 8, 2004
Tara Jane O'Neil
You Sound, Reflect
Music
July 21, 2004
John Frusciante
The Will to Death
Listen Up
March 17, 2004
It's Alive!
Yesterday's scenesters like to complain that S.F. dance music is dead. They're wrong. Here's why.
Music
November 19, 2003
Hear This
Punk before punk was invented, Rocket From the Tombs is back
Music
October 22, 2003
"Crappy Records"
Zagat's new "music guide" is absurd, but its "format" offers a "nice way" to review "lame albums."
Music
June 18, 2003
Lou Reed
NYC Man: The Collection
Music
April 16, 2003
The Kills
Keep On Your Mean Side
Music
December 24, 2002
Oh, Inverted World
A handful of sleepers to wake up the neighbors
Music
November 6, 2002
Theoretical Girls
Theoretical Girls
Music
July 17, 2002
The Jesus and MaryChain/Oasis
21 Singles 1984-1998 (Rhino)/Heathen Chemistry (Epic)
Music
December 26, 2001
Sound Advice
The bored, the gothic, and the really flexible
Music
November 29, 2000
The Go-Betweens
The Friends of Rachel Worth (Jetset)
Music
May 12, 1999
The House of Tudor
The Friends of Rachel Worth (Jetset)
News
August 12, 1998
Something About Jonathan
Jonathan Richman, the lovable elf who helped invent punk and geek rock, comes pogo-sticking back in your life with There's Something About Mary
Calendar
July 16, 1997
Night+Day
Jonathan Richman, the lovable elf who helped invent punk and geek rock, comes pogo-sticking back in your life with There's Something About Mary
Music
June 4, 1997
Hear This
Jonathan Richman, the lovable elf who helped invent punk and geek rock, comes pogo-sticking back in your life with There's Something About Mary
Music
October 23, 1996
Drowning in Pop
Jonathan Richman, the lovable elf who helped invent punk and geek rock, comes pogo-sticking back in your life with There's Something About Mary
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